I say this because I remember thinking that only someone who hasn't thought a lot about this take would suggest Lions fans didn't have hope for every single year of the 12 that Stafford was here.

But you *have* said it's worse. You say it regularly. You said it loudly and often on your podcast, reflecting about how being close but always heartbroken is worse than always being terrible because you have no hope.

I just...

I can't even imagine beginning to get to the place where I *consider* being this person. It's all so damn alien to me.

God damn do we all deserve it

It is time to grow up.

The only place the centre and centre-right actually exists is in the minds of both sides obsessed pundits and out of the mouths of nazi dudes on a first date.

The notion that these people have no agency, that they're just a crop for us to either guard or let wither, is so demeaning to all involved.